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Title: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: SnarlyMarly on January 18, 2018, 10:42:37 PM
😂
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on January 19, 2018, 12:04:41 AM
I filled the power vacuum that Randmart left, he was like a deposed third world dictator.


Now, I'm just keeping it warm for the glorious return of the Zig. Wink.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on January 30, 2018, 10:13:55 PM
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT9KVCEHirsal4klOg/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: radial on January 30, 2018, 10:26:42 PM
Go fetch ziggy.  This place is getting stuffy. 
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 08, 2018, 07:27:05 PM
If siamesedream is running the show, he’d better up his game. This place is somnolent. ;)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on April 08, 2018, 07:29:22 PM
If siamesedream is running the show, he’d better up his game. This place is somnolent. ;)


Open Pub will help you get your Zzzzzzz.

It's better than Nyquil.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 08, 2018, 07:32:22 PM
 :sleep:

...oh sorry, did you say something? I nodded off there for a moment...
😉
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on April 08, 2018, 07:33:51 PM
:sleep:

...oh sorry, did you say something? I nodded off there for a moment...
😉
:incazzato:
I sprinkled my sleep dust.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 09, 2018, 04:58:39 PM
Mr. Sandman, bring me a siamesedream :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 10, 2018, 07:21:15 PM
You put yourself to sleep, didn’t you? 😉

If tumbleweeds could roll through a message board, they’d be drifting along ‘round here these days. I think Snoopy’s brother Spike might sign up as a member here. 😂
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on April 10, 2018, 07:26:09 PM
I got high on my own supply.


Thnort some, it's lovely.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 10, 2018, 07:35:15 PM
Don’t make me raise my eyebrows at you...
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on April 10, 2018, 07:46:21 PM
Don’t make me raise my eyebrows at you...

 :purr:
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 10, 2018, 08:35:50 PM
Careful, you never know what’s in the red Solo cup I’m drinking from... 😉
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on April 10, 2018, 08:38:09 PM
Careful, you never know what’s in the red Solo cup I’m drinking from... 😉

Gin? ;)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on April 11, 2018, 02:39:16 PM
Gin? ;)
I don’t even remember the last time I had hard likker
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: SnarlyMarly on May 03, 2018, 10:52:52 AM
Careful, you never know what’s in the red Solo cup I’m drinking from... 😉

Do you live in Atlanta?
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 12:54:50 PM
Do you live in Atlanta?


She was born in Maine, lives in Mass.

Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 02:59:08 PM

She was born in Maine, lives in Mass.
Hey, bub! Whaddaya think, that you’re running this board?! >:(
;)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 03:05:28 PM
Hey, bub! Whaddaya think, that you’re running this board?! >:(
;)

I'm on a power trip.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 03:08:22 PM
I'm on a power trip.
Psssht. Tool o the patriarchy!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 03:12:58 PM
nah, just a tool

I learned from watching the best, and the best are in Yammering.

Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 03:20:33 PM
nah, just a tool


Here ya go, Mister Foo Fighter.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1bqZEz02Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1bqZEz02Y)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 03:20:40 PM
nah, just a tool
Well, watch yerself, mister, referring to me as a “young lady”... :skep:
:D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 03:55:17 PM
Which part did I get wrong?
There’s an implied hierarchy in that phrase, with the person wielding it assuming the power. :specs:
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 06:15:40 PM
BOOM! Shut youse menfolks down! [mike drop] ;)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 06:43:53 PM
BOOM! Shut youse menfolks down! [mike drop] ;)


I've slipped into sullen silence, but unruly hilarity will follow!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 06:48:26 PM

I've slipped into sullen silence, but unruly hilarity will follow!
:bat:

:D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 06:50:53 PM
:bat:

:D

What's that you've got in your hand? A bat? Or a hero sandwich? :yikes:
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 06:57:56 PM
What's that you've got in your hand? A bat? Or a hero sandwich? :yikes:
Don’t you Philly peeps call em hoagies?

Oh wait, I forgot... you and that RandMart fella is Joisey guyz...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-43998174#click=https://t.co/us4CK4KC7I
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:03:32 PM
Don’t you Philly peeps call em hoagies?

Oh wait, I forgot... you and that RandMart fella is Joisey guyz...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-43998174#click=https://t.co/us4CK4KC7I (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-us-canada-43998174#click=https://t.co/us4CK4KC7I)
Strange fetish.
Someone recently heard me speaking and thought I was from the midwest. I really must not have an accent.

I usually call them subs, but we do have Wawa now, so I'll order a hoagie, if I ever get a sandwich there.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:10:54 PM
Maybe running gets his GI tract all atwitter?

There’s a Wawa near my mom. I like their coffee well enough, but I’d never get food there!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:15:19 PM
Maybe running gets his GI tract all atwitter?

There’s a Wawa near my mom. I like their coffee well enough, but I’d never get food there!

Being drunk makes the food taste better.

You stop there late at night, and owlishly blink in the fluorescent light as you order yer hoagie.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:19:23 PM
Being drunk makes the food taste better.

You stop there late at night, and owlishly blink in the fluorescent light as you order yer hoagie.
:D
Looks like neither you nor I will be eating Wawa food anytime soon, then.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:21:49 PM
:D
Looks like neither you nor I will be eating Wawa food anytime soon, then.

I'll try it again at some point.

It really depends on the Wawa, some are better than others.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:24:29 PM
I'll try it again at some point.

It really depends on the Wawa, some are better than others.
You plannin a tumble from teh wagon?’ :panic:
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:29:15 PM
You plannin a tumble from teh wagon?’ :panic:

No, but am I crazy for contemplating eating a Wawa hoagie whilst sober? Maybe. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:31:45 PM
No, but am I crazy for contemplating eating a Wawa hoagie whilst sober? Maybe. :D
Yes. I mean, prolly less gross than the glistening hot dogs on the rolly heating element, but still...
Nevertheless, I don’t wish to yuck your yum. It...might...be good.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:36:30 PM
Yes. I mean, prolly less gross than the glistening hot dogs on the rolly heating element, but still...
Nevertheless, I don’t wish to yuck your yum. It...might...be good.

Hoagie roulette, will it be a yuck or a yum?
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:48:57 PM
Hoagie roulette, will it be a yuck or a yum?
I mean, if they make em to order, it’s no less appetizing than Subway. But still, will it equal the Publix sub?
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:50:19 PM
I mean, if they make em to order, it’s no less appetizing than Subway. But still, will it equal the Publix sub?

I've soured on Publix subs recently. I went to a different Publix and was still disappointed.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 07:53:12 PM
I haven’t had a Publix sub in a couple years.

My go-to is Pizza Express in da heart o’ da gritty Nard. But you’re prolly outside their delivery radius. Maybe radial could quadcopter one to you! :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 03, 2018, 07:58:24 PM
I haven’t had a Publix sub in a couple years.

My go-to is Pizza Express in da heart o’ da gritty Nard. But you’re prolly outside their delivery radius. Maybe radial could quadcopter one to you! :D

You need to Fedex a publix sub to youself, with some dry ice.

Publix used to make a cheesesteak that wasn't bad, but they got rid of grills in all publix delis and discontinued the sandwich.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 03, 2018, 08:02:45 PM
You need to Fedex a publix sub to youself, with some dry ice.

Publix used to make a cheesesteak that wasn't bad, but they got rid of grills in all publix delis and discontinued the sandwich.
I never had a grilled Publix sub. I usually get a turkey sub, but I like the Boars Head deli meat and they have a decent spicy mustard. If I’m getting a pizza shop sub, I usually go chicken parm.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 12:47:53 PM
That's what 7-11s are for

Henry Rollins wrote a wonderful piece about his convenience store of choice for SPIN back in 1985 [Vol 1 Number 2]

https://books.google.com/books?id=16jp_aFRHdgC&lpg=PP1&lr=&rview=1&pg=PA74&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

You know that 7-11 on Brace Road? We were hanging out one day when Keith Richards walked up

https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/?post=6602070#p6602070

You know that Muhammad Ali used to live in Cherry Hill, I assume.

As well as some mobsters, some of the Gambino family, me thinks.

I used to love Spin magazine.

I remember the day of the Live Aid concert, it was hot as balls. I was in junior high, and I listened to some of it on the radio, probably YSP.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 04, 2018, 01:12:22 PM
The irony here, bonita, is that my post was meant to convey the "The woman don't need a man to answer the question"

YMMV
So you could’ve said woman... :eyeroll:
;)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 04, 2018, 01:14:09 PM
You know that Muhammad Ali used to live in Cherry Hill, I assume.

As well as some mobsters, some of the Gambino family, me thinks.

I have a student who moved here from Cherry Hill. Seems a civilized sort with no mob connections. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 01:19:17 PM
I have a student who moved here from Cherry Hill. Seems a civilized sort with no mob connections. :D

 :D

There was a gangland style hit in Cherry Hill, the hotel across from the racetrack, both track and hotel were demolished long ago.

The mob owned night clubs and restaurants in Cherry Hill, Cenelli's and Valentino's come to mind.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 04, 2018, 03:41:52 PM
:D

There was a gangland style hit in Cherry Hill, the hotel across from the racetrack, both track and hotel were demolished long ago.

The mob owned night clubs and restaurants in Cherry Hill, Cenelli's and Valentino's come to mind.
I’ve told you about my in-laws’ neighbors in east egg, NY, I think. An old dude who owns a barbershop and drives a Ferrari (and has a huge Italianate home...it’d make Gatsby’s mansion seem humble). My FIL is sure the dude is some sort of mafioso. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 04:17:48 PM
Old-world haircuts!

Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 04, 2018, 06:15:08 PM
Old-world haircuts!
Take the Bryl Cream, leave the Barbicide.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 04, 2018, 09:56:09 PM
Take the Bryl Cream, leave the Barbicide.

Keep that straight razor away from me throat.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 05, 2018, 10:52:29 AM
"In the beginning, God made three BIG mistakes. The fist was Man, the second was Wo-Man, and the third was The Poodle" - Frank Zappa
https://youtu.be/GlkoQ4bUE5k
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 08, 2018, 12:14:05 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKqCu6RcdI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKqCu6RcdI)
Title: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on May 08, 2018, 04:03:22 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180508/0f607f11ddf3d24650d82a06fbb384f2.jpg)
(Ruler of Europe)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: siamesedream on May 08, 2018, 04:09:17 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180508/0f607f11ddf3d24650d82a06fbb384f2.jpg)
(Ruler of Europe)

 :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on June 06, 2018, 05:06:01 PM
Not sure I’ll post here without siamesedream around. I feel like Nick Carraway toward the end of Gatsby:
http://youtu.be/AWIHAjKSGic
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: Clb on August 27, 2018, 05:32:33 PM
Oh yeah, in case people forgot

This forum is NOT Private, like the Yammerland one is, so do NOT post anything here you'll have to explain away later

Haha, totally forgot! This was meant to be the PR and Marketing thread to build the CH base and lure them into the Private Rooms. Ha. Haha.


Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: SnarlyMarly on December 18, 2018, 06:33:13 PM
Haha, totally forgot! This was meant to be the PR and Marketing thread to build the CH base and lure them into the Private Rooms. Ha. Haha.

Doing a bang up job with that, huh?
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 06, 2019, 09:40:53 PM
To get back to the original question, it would appear so!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 06, 2019, 10:08:06 PM
To get back to the original question, it would appear so!
Wait... I thought PWWP was PeterP. Or xero.
Either way, git crackin, sparky! This board ain’t exactly lively. Up the zazz factor!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 06, 2019, 10:18:20 PM
Wait... I thought PWWP was PeterP. Or xero.
Either way, git crackin, sparky! This board ain’t exactly lively. Up the zazz factor!

A late inning post by the zigster, unexpected!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 07, 2019, 10:28:37 AM
A late inning post by the zigster, unexpected!
Just tryna up the zazz factor here. It’s more zzz 😴 factor... :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 07, 2019, 02:22:45 PM
Just tryna up the zazz factor here. It’s more zzz 😴 factor... :D

 :sleep: Makes good bedtime reading.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 07, 2019, 03:45:20 PM
:sleep: Makes good bedtime reading.
I’m jazzed on kombucha!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 07, 2019, 04:37:12 PM
I’m jazzed on kombucha!

😄Gimme some!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 07, 2019, 04:42:09 PM
😄Gimme some!
I bet Publix sells it. Guava is usually a safe flavor bet. Jump on da SCOBY train!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 04:52:27 PM
This afternoon’s kombucha flavor: mango mint. Took a few sips to get into the flavor, but upon reflection, I’d say...I’d get it again!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:04:01 PM
This afternoon’s kombucha flavor: mango mint. Took a few sips to get into the flavor, but upon reflection, I’d say...I’d get it again!
.

Does it come in cans or tea bags?
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:10:22 PM
.

Does it come in cans or tea bags?
Glass bottles. The one time I got a canned kombucha, it was actually 6%ABV. I dumped it after a couple sips (I didn’t notice it was hard ‘bucha initially)...the funk is not improved by the flavor of alcohol. :D
It’s fermented and bubbly, so it’s not simply steep a bag.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:14:19 PM
Glass bottles. The one time I got a canned kombucha, it was actually 6%ABV. I dumped it after a couple sips (I didn’t notice it was hard ‘bucha initially)...the funk is not improved by the flavor of alcohol. :D
It’s fermented and bubbly, so it’s not simply steep a bag.

I'll have to try,  the soft version.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:16:48 PM
I'll have to try,  the soft version.
And start calling it ‘bucha ;)
It’s weird, but it fits the bill of “bubbly” and not-soda when I have a beer jonesing.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:24:51 PM
And start calling it ‘bucha ;)
It’s weird, but it fits the bill of “bubbly” and not-soda when I have a beer jonesing.

That's when I usually go to fake beer, like Busch NA, or Odoulski, but I know that you think they taste gross.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:35:42 PM
That's when I usually go to fake beer, like Busch NA, or Odoulski, but I know that you think they taste gross.
Yeah, I’m particular about what I want in a beer flavor. I’d rather go for a totally different taste than fake beer. But it’s got the same ABV as fake beer. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 05:45:32 PM
Yeah, I’m particular about what I want in a beer flavor. I’d rather go for a totally different taste than fake beer. But it’s got the same ABV as fake beer. :D

I'll get me a bottle this week.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 05:50:08 PM
I'll get me a bottle this week.
You can post insulting things about me if you don’t like it. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 06:04:54 PM
You can post insulting things about me if you don’t like it. :D
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I'll write a scathing review of my bucha drink!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 14, 2019, 06:11:44 PM
You can post insulting things about me if you don’t like it. :D
[/quot

I'll write a scathing review of my bucha drink!
Does anyone call it ‘bucha, anyway? {insert Internet Outrage totem here}
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 14, 2019, 06:15:31 PM
Does anyone call it ‘bucha, anyway? {insert Internet Outrage totem here}

 :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 21, 2019, 06:00:12 PM
I picked up a ginger and cayenne kombucha today (the supermarket had a huge display of some wild flavors this morning). Will report back on its zing! I would’ve tried it today, but between baseball, work, and running, then an early departure, I missed my “I want a drink” hour. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:05:10 PM
I picked up a ginger and cayenne kombucha today (the supermarket had a huge display of some wild flavors this morning). Will report back on its zing! I would’ve tried it today, but between baseball, work, and running, then an early departure, I missed my “I want a drink” hour. :D

Yes, I want a full 'bucha report!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 21, 2019, 06:11:52 PM
Yes, I want a full 'bucha report!
I should start a perpetual kombucha thread. I bet it’d draw in new posters! The CH has devolved to perpetual everything—nothing new to be discussed—this’ll draw in fresh specimens o humanity! :D

I also have a pink lady apple flavored ‘bucha and a pineapple one.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:27:54 PM
I should start a perpetual kombucha thread. I bet it’d draw in new posters! The CH has devolved to perpetual everything—nothing new to be discussed—this’ll draw in fresh specimens o humanity! :D

I also have a pink lady apple flavored ‘bucha and a pineapple one.

No rules in this thread.😉

I'd try the pink lady.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on September 21, 2019, 06:29:26 PM
No rules in this thread.😉

I'd try the pink lady.
No rules? It’s the Outback Steakhouse of threads! 😂
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on September 21, 2019, 06:30:56 PM
No rules? It’s the Outback Steakhouse of threads! 😂
:D
Just right! I'll have the walleby blooming bucha.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on October 20, 2019, 03:02:33 PM
:D
Just right! I'll have the walleby blooming bucha.
Board (CH...open pub just...is) more boring than ever. :(

NYT article about whether bucha is beneficial! (Read it pre race this am, too lazy to find it now.) Thing is, if you’re hoping for a superfood, ye’ll prolly be disappointed, but if AF alternative drinks are what ye seek (without going cutesy mocktails), it’s aight if you dig the flavor.
 
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 01, 2019, 08:26:30 PM
:D
Just right! I'll have the walleby blooming bucha.
Remember when the CH used to be entertaining and lively? Them was good days!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 08, 2019, 10:20:36 PM
Remember when the CH used to be entertaining and lively? Them was good days!

I wonder how many people were online at any give time in ye olde CH? 100, 200? You could log on at 11 pm at night and the board would be packed.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 01:20:51 PM
I wonder how many people were online at any give time in ye olde CH? 100, 200? You could log on at 11 pm at night and the board would be packed.
I wonder what the turning point was? I mean, by the time I started posting regularly in 2013 or ‘14, Facebook was already a fully established thing, so it’s not like “everyone just went to FB” is a legit claim. Was it Election ‘16-related Internet Outrage, or did the general mood begin to sour prior to that? Who knows. Maybe everyone just got old and boring. :D
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:02:46 PM
I wonder what the turning point was? I mean, by the time I started posting regularly in 2013 or ‘14, Facebook was already a fully established thing, so it’s not like “everyone just went to FB” is a legit claim. Was it Election ‘16-related Internet Outrage, or did the general mood begin to sour prior to that? Who knows. Maybe everyone just got old and boring. :D

Time for bid whist and bingo!

I don't think Yammering was ever as crowded as ye olde. The turning point here was probably the election, but from 2013 to 2016, it was already thinning down population-wise.

Ye olde was lightening in a bottle. Internet message boards had a novelty appeal at the turn of the century, it was bound to wear off, but ye olde died before that could happen.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 05:37:33 PM
Time for bid whist and bingo!

I don't think Yammering was ever as crowded as ye olde. The turning point here was probably the election, but from 2013 to 2016, it was already thinning down population-wise.

Ye olde was lightening in a bottle. Internet message boards had a novelty appeal at the turn of the century, it was bound to wear off, but ye olde died before that could happen.
Welp, there’s your answer with your pining for the old days.

But specifically here, there was a lightness—heck, peeps could make jokes instead of disappointed head-shaking in a thread about a 12-yr bday party at Hooters. Now, IAP gets run outta town for some rigid thinking around (not) tipping.  When did that change? Was it a Buddha-like awakening, or self-important wokeness that suffused teh CHommunity? Genuinely curious.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:42:11 PM
Welp, there’s your answer with your pining for the old days.

But specifically here, there was a lightness—heck, peeps could make jokes instead of disappointed head-shaking in a thread about a 12-yr bday party at Hooters. Now, IAP gets run outta town for some rigid thinking around (not) tipping.  When did that change? Was it a Buddha-like awakening, or self-important wokeness that suffused teh CHommunity? Genuinely curious.

Fall of 2016, many assholes here. And it had nothing to do with politics. Or maybe politics was the excuse for assholey behavior.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 05:46:02 PM
Fall of 2016, many assholes here. And it had nothing to do with politics. Or maybe politics was the excuse for assholey behavior.
I call “before then.” But agreed on the genesis.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 05:49:41 PM
I call “before then.” But agreed on the genesis.

A lot of people left after things started to turn sour. And those people weren't Trumpie Repubs either.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 09, 2019, 06:08:22 PM
A lot of people left after things started to turn sour. And those people weren't Trumpie Repubs either.
I think the “wokeness” moment started surrounding non-Trump issues, more about asserting control over the steampunk dinosaur that is this message board. I guess, if it’s important to one’s sense of self(importance)...good for them.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 09, 2019, 06:12:38 PM
I think the “wokeness” moment started surrounding non-Trump issues, more about asserting control over the steampunk dinosaur that is this message board. I guess, if it’s important to one’s sense of self(importance)...good for them.

  :roll:

I'd agree with that.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: SnarlyMarly on November 11, 2019, 07:23:02 AM
A lot of people left after things started to turn sour. And those people weren't Trumpie Repubs either.

Trumpies (are there any here??) posts something infantile.  Immediate pile on.  Certain regulars troll on a regular basis. All quiet on the front.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 11, 2019, 01:01:51 PM
Trumpies (are there any here??) posts something infantile.  Immediate pile on.  Certain regulars troll on a regular basis. All quiet on the front.

If you're talking about the internet in general, I agree. A lot of people left the ch in the 6 to 12 months following the election. And they weren't Trumpies or trolls. They left because the message board is/was super toxic.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 14, 2019, 04:08:32 PM
 Bet this kid will end up in The Institute! https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 14, 2019, 04:59:07 PM
Bet this kid will end up in The Institute! https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html)

😂 The Stasi lights!!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 14, 2019, 06:18:33 PM
😂 The Stasi lights!!
He’s prolly got a bitchin Tony Hawk poster on his bedroom wall.
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 14, 2019, 06:46:44 PM
He’s prolly got a bitchin Tony Hawk poster on his bedroom wall.

😄SK, always 10 years behind what's really going on!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 14, 2019, 06:57:04 PM
😄SK, always 10 years behind what's really going on!
Like the entire state of Maine ;)
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: PWWP on November 14, 2019, 06:58:58 PM
Like the entire state of Maine ;)

Ayuh!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: SnarlyMarly on November 15, 2019, 07:22:01 AM
Bet this kid will end up in The Institute! https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/university-graduate-child-genius-scli-intl/index.html)

Or on Jeopardy!!!
Title: Re: Is Siamesedream running the board?
Post by: ZyggiStarbucks on November 16, 2019, 06:53:59 AM
Or on Jeopardy!!!
:D
I wish him the best.
In the latest Stephen King novel, exceptional children are kidnapped and taken to a top-secret government research institute. This boy’s level of precociousness is on par with the main character’s.